Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 10:2
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who [was] in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard [it], that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
2. Jeroboam ] For his antecedents (which are not given by the Chronicler) see 1Ki 11:26 ff.
that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt ] So we should read also in 1Ki 12:2 for “and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt.” The difference in Heb. between the two readings when written without the vowels is confined to one letter.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 1Ki 12:2].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Who was in Egypt.Really a parenthesis, And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard (now he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the face of Solomon the king), that Jeroboam returned from Egypt. The chronicler has omitted to say he was still in Egypt (denn, Kings), because he has not alluded before to his flight thither. (See 1Ki. 11:26-40.)
That Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.Kings continues the parenthesis, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt. The words dwelt and returned are spelt with the same letters in Hebrew, the difference being one of pointing only.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
I have purposely gone through all these verses in one reading before that I offered any Commentary upon them in order to come to this last verse, which explains the whole; the cause was of God. It is of the highest importance in life, amidst all the concerns of it, the smallest, and apparently most inconsiderable, as well as the greatest, and those which carry consequence with them, that we never suffer our minds to lose sight of the Lord’s hand. He ordereth all things according to the counsel of his own will. Hence we find Rehoboam following the rash; ill advised counsel of young men, and slighting the ripened judgment of years. And Reader! are there not a thousand Rehoboams in life who prefer the pursuit of things temporal to the grand and momentous concern of things which are eternal; who are wise, according to their judgment of things, for a moment, and foolish for eternity!
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Our acquaintance with him is assumed (1Ki 11:26-40).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jeroboam: 1Ki 11:26, 1Ki 11:28, 1Ki 11:40, 1Ki 12:2